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As students returned to schools new and old throughout the city in August, those who are attending Baldwin Elementary at 30th and Maine are entering historic territory, in a school named for a native Quincyan and aeronautic pioneer, Capt. T.S. Baldwin.

A week to the day after the armistice ending the World War I took effect; the Arends family received a telegram from the war department stating that their son, 1st Lt. Henry G. Arends, had died Oct. 25, 1918.

Wars profoundly change a nation's relationships with other governments and often its own domestic way of life. Far from the battlefields, the First World War incidentally affected what Americans ate and how they thought about food.

Elizabeth Beckwith, born May 19, 1868, was Quincy Public Schools music supervisor for a short time, but she remained in the Quincy schools throughout her career. Beckwith graduated from Quincy Senior High in 1888.

Quincy resident Steve McQueen would have once been described as one tough hombre. He's still tough, but he's also more appreciative than at anytime in his life. Steve is a cancer survivor who's in remission after confronting Hodgkin's lymphoma.

In March 1920, Paul Morrison, a Quincy Senior High School teacher, created the first Quincy Senior High Band with more than 30 students participating. Morrison posted a notice on March 1, 1920, asking for interested students to join.